James reminds us that we are given faith for a reason: we are to demonstrate our faith through love for others. Faith is the power to love God and our neighbor. Love is the demonstration of faith. In today’s gospel, Jesus responded to the faith of a Gentile woman, and restored hearing and speech to a deaf man. Jesus does works of love without partiality so that we might share his unconditional love with others.
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